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Thanks for the reply. Perhaps I'm being stupid but I don't understand what I'd be doing with the Allen key. All I see is the hole for the axle?

Hi there, Firstly - I'm pretty new to bike maintenance, so forgive me if I use the wrong terms. I recently got hold of an old Saracen Terratrax, and the FH-M290 freehub is rather rattly. The noise and the resistance are noticable enough for me to want to repair or replace the part (although I...

Good point, thanks, and I suppose I'm going to need more tools anyway, new wheel or not. Would this do the job? http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewit ... 0904095823

Appreciate the feedback, got the thing riding pretty smoothly and sorted out all the shifting, although the freehub is a pretty noisy and there's a bit of friction there when freewheeling. I'm considering just replacing the rear wheel because I'm not sure about getting into the freehub (or even...

I just bought this very bike from that auction (and found this forum post afterwards). The frame, handlebars, and tyres are pretty mint condition but the chain was really rusty and the rear gears were not spinning independently from the wheel (I don't know the technical terms other than...